Revolving sign.



I R. C. CAUTHORN (K; E. A. GRAVES.

REVOLVING SIGN. (APPLICATION men JUNE 28,1916.

I 1%35233950 Patented m 10, 191?.

EDWARD RICHARD C. CAUTHORN AND A. GRAVES, 0F NOWATA, OKLAHOMA REVOLVING SIGN.

1,232,895, Specification of Le t Pat n ]Patented July it), 1917.

Application filed June 28, 1916. Serial No. 106,431.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD C. CAU- THORN and EDWARD A. GRAVES, are citizens of the United States, residing at Nowata, in the county of Nowata, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Signs, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in revolving signs, and has for its object to provide a device of this character constructed in such a manner that the vanes thereof when subjected to wind will operate in such a manner as to either cause the sign to temporarily stop, or reverse its direction of travel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sign of this character which is exceedingly simple in construction and is con structed in such a manner that the individual vanes which carry the advertising matter can rotate independently and at the same time travel in a circular path as the frame work rotates.

A still further object of the invention is to provide novel means for oiling and pivotally mounting the vanes and frame supporting sleeves.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereina ftcr more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation. V

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar view on line H of F i l teferring to the drawing 1 indicates the base, and rising centrally from the base is a post 2, said post having carried by its upper end a conical bearing 3, while mounted on the post and below the bearing 3 is an annular bearing 4. r

Encircling the post 2 is a. sleeve 5, the lower end of said sleeve being tapered, as at 6 and has its lower edge engaged in the bearing l, said bearing being of such size that a lubricant can be retained therein.

' The upper end of the sleeve 5 has engaged therewith a cap 7, said cap having a threaded opening 8 formed thereinand in which is engaged a pin 9, said pin having its lower end tapered, as at 10, for engaging the conical bearing 3. The cap 8 is also provided with an oil inlet 11 through which oil can be poured so as to enter the hearing A plurality of upper and lower horizontal arms 12 and 13, respectively, are provided and have their inner ends suitably connected in spaced relation to the sleeve The outer ends of the arms 12 are provided with bearings 1% which are alined with the bearings 15 carried by the outer ends of the arms 13. The lower ends of the bearings 15 are provided with cups 10 which are provided with tapered seats 17, the purpose of which will appear later.

The sign supporting frames 18 have their sides curved so as to produce a frame having a. stream line contour. Vertical rods 19 are engaged with the frames 18, and pass therethrough at their major diameters so that said rods will be 'iositioned nearer one of the ends of the frame than at the other. The frames 18 are fixed to the rods 19 by coupling members 20, one of which is pro vided for the upper edge of the frame, while the other is engaged with the lower edge thereof.

The lower ends of the rods 19 are tapered, as at 21 for engaging the seats 17, said seats being supplied with a lubricant which is poured into the cup 16. Thus it will be seen that the frames 1R are capable of revolving at the same time that tho sleeve 5 is revolving. said frames having scouredthereto in any suitable manner sheets 2iwhich may have printed thereon any suitable advertising matter.

It will be of course understood that any number of pairs of arms can be used, but in the present instance four pairs are employed which are deemed sullir'icnt to illustrate the operation of the device.

F rem the foregoing description it will be seen that when the frames or vanes 18 are placed in the open air and the wind is blowing that the same will be caused to rotate simultaneously with the sleeve and since the same are pivotally mounted nearer one end than the other it is obvious that they will at times rotate in opposite directions, thereby displaying the advertising matter upon both sides. It will be further noted that the frames or vanes are so mounted that being therotation of the sleeve Will temporarily cease, and will -again start to rotate when the frames or vanes are again brought With their sides into the Wind.

If desired the device can be placed 'in a I Window and subjected to the Wind from an electric fan.

The frames 18 consist merelyof horizontal bars21 which have secured thereto in any suitable manner sheets 22, said sheets formed from light metal, papiermach, or any other suitable material The advertising matter can be printed directly on the sheets, or it can be pasted thereon in poster form. The frames when covered in this manner constitute vanes which will be subjected to the action of the Wind so as to impart rotary movement to the device.

What is claimed is 1. A sign of the class described comprising a-post, vertically spaced pairs of horizontal armstsupported by the post for rotary movement, vanes having stream line contour, rods supported by the arms and engaged with the vanes at their points of greatest diameter and nearer one end than the other, said vanes being capable of freely rotating in opposite directions simultaneously with the rotation of the arms.

2. A sign. of the class described comprising a post, having a conical'bearing at its upper end, another bearing adjacent the lower end thereof, a rotatable sleeve having one end mounted in the second named bearing, a pin extending through the other end of said sleeve and engaging the'first named bearing, pairs of radial arms extending from said sleeve, a rod connecting the outer ends of each pair of-arms, and a vane mounted on each of said rods.

In testimony whereof, we aiiix our signatures, 1n the presence of two witnesses.

- RICHARD: c. CAUTHORN. I EDWARD A.'GRAVES. Witnesses: I 4

JOHN E. WEBB H. N. BOONE.' 

